Ring spinning and twisting apparatus.



N0. 821,238. PATBNTED MAY z2, 190e J. HAYDBN, JR. NING- SPINNING ANDTWISTING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 23, 1905.

UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEicE.

JOEL HAYDEN, JR., OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNEASSIGNMENTS, TO HAYDEN MACHINERY COMPANY, CORPORATION OF MAINE.

RING SPINNING AND TWISTING APPARATUS.

rented May 22, 190e.

Application filed May 23. 1905. Serial No. 261,856.

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Be it known that I, JOEL HAYDEN, Jr., a citizen of the United States,residing in Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ring Spinning andTwisting Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of ring spinning and twistingapparatus in which the ring is non-rotative-that is, while it may havesome slignt horizontal or approximately rotative movement, such movementdoes not entitle it to be termed a rotary ring, as

there is no continuous movement and of course no complete rotation. Thering belongs, therefore, to the class usually termed stationary rings.

Moreover, my improved device relates to that class of apparatus in whichan intermediate member or ring is applied -between the spinning-ring andthe supporting plate or holder, such intermediate member being nonrigidly connected with the holder, but rigidly connected with thespinning-ring. In my invention I apply between said intermediate memberand the spinning-ring a curved or arcshaped member, which I terni anadapter, the principal object of which is to provide for the applicationof rings of different sizes to the same intermediate member, as manysizes of adapters being employed as there are sizes of rin s.

Minor oilrojects of this invention are to equalize the combined weightof the ring and the adapter by applying a heavier adapter when a smallerring is employed and a narrow and light adapter when a largerring isemployed, to enable the level at which the arn runs from the traveler tothe spindle to be substantially the same when different rings andadapters are employed; to provide means (by trimming the edge of theadapter) for centering the ring around the `spindle in case either thering or the intermediate member is uneven or has become sprung by thehardening process, and to combine with the adapter a traveler-clearer.

The nature of the invention is fully described below and illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which l Figure l is aplan view of aspinning-ring, the

.der the upper end of the lip f.

supporting plate or holder, the intermediate member, and my adapterprovided with a clearer, the parts being assembled and in position on aring-rail. Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken on line 2 2, Fig. 1.' Fig.3 is a view in perspective of my improved adapter removed. Figs. 4 and 5are enlarged detail views, in vertical section, showing differentsizedadapters applied to different-sized spinning-rings.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

a representsv a spinning-ring of ordinary construction provided with theupper and lower iianges l) and c.

d represents the supporting plate or holder, and e the ring-rail frepresents the intermediate ring-shaped member held non-rigidly on the'holder by any suitable means, the means shown consisting of clips g,which extend up from the holder into passages h in the intermediatemember and are bent inward horizontally and overlap the bottoms of saidpassages.

None of the above parts are claimed as new in themselves considered inthis application.

, lc represents a curved or arc-shaped plate, termed by me an adaptenpreferably at, and adapted to rest on the upper 'liat side of theintermediate member f between the pe-- riphery of the lower flange c ofthe ring and the lip or flange f, which extends upward from the flatsurface of the intermediate ring and slightly inward, as shown; Theinner edge of the adapter is concave in vertical section, whereby it isadapted to fit over the outer edge of the flange of the spinning-ring,and the outer edge of the adapter has its upper portion curved orbeveled inward in order that the central portion may extend un- 'Afterthe adapter therefore is sprung over the lower flange of thespinning-ring and pressed down upon the flat surface ofthe intermediatering inside the lip f it is practicallylocked in such osition, and thespinning-ring, the adapter, and the intermediate ring are rigidlyconnected and move or vibrate together tol the limited extent allowed bythe clips g.

In practice adapters are provided of diifer ent sizes and Widths. Anarrower adapter is IOO provided for a large ring, as in Fig. 4, and abroader adapter for a smaller ring, as in Fig. 5. The intermediatemember, however, is oi the same size in all cases. The adapter may be ofsuch a width as to allow the spinningring to rest on the intermediatemember, as illustrated in Fig. 4, or if the spinning-ring is muchsmaller the adapter extends inward from the intermediate member andsupports the spinning-ring by reason of the curved groove on the inneredge of the adapter, which corresponds with the curved outer edge of thelower flange of the spinning-ring,l

as shown in Fig. 5. As a broader adapter is necessarily heavier when asmaller ring is employed, the heavier adapter adds to the weight of thering, so that great speed is attainable. As my adapter engages thediilerent rings at the same level, inasmuch'as it engages them by itsinner edge instead of supporting them on surfaces of different levels,the level at which the yarn leaves the traveler for the spindle isalways approximately the same.

It is frequently the case that the spinningring or the intermediatemember is slightly uneven or sprung by the hardening process, wherebythe ring is not centered around the spindle. By turning the edge oftheadapter this unevenness may be neutralized and the ring absolutelycentered.

Integral with the adapter is a travelerclearer formed by making a outfrom one of the ends of the adapter at Z and bending up the metalvertically toconstitute the clearer p. This cut is made preferablystraight and in the direction indicated, whereby the base of the clearerwill be broader than its upper end and its inner edge be in a verticalline.l

The outer edge may be shaved oi somewhat,

,if desired.

Having ythus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, isi 1. The combination with a spinning-ring, asupporting plate or holder, and an intermediate member or ring betweenthe last two, of

. a curved separate member adapted to rest on said intermediate memberand to engage by means of-its inner edge the lower langevof saidspinning-ring.

2f. The combination with a spinning-ring,

I.. a supporting plate or holder, and an intermediate member or ringbetween the last two, of a curved separate member adapted to rest onsaid intermediate member and provided on its inner edge with a grooveadapted to lit the v lower iiangeof said spinning-ring.

3.l The combination with a spinning-ring, a supporting plate or holder,and an intermediate member or ring between the last two provided with anupwardly and inwardly f projecting lip, of a curved member adapted torest on said intermediate member with its outer edge beneath said lipand with its inner edge adapted to engage the lower ilange of saidspinning-ring.

4. The combination with a spinning-ring, a supporting plate or holder,and an intermediate member or ring between the last two provided with anupwardly and inwardly projecting lip, of a curved member adapted to reston said intermediate member with its outer edge beneath said lip andwith its inner edge provided with a groove adapted to iit the lowerlange of said spinning-ring.

5. The combination with a spinning-ring, a supporting plate or holder,and an intermediate member or ring between the last two and providedwith an upwardly-extending flange, of a curved member adapted to rest onsaid intermediate member and to engage both the ilange on theintermediate member and the lower ilange on the spinning-ring to preventvertical displacement and movement one on the other about the axis ofsaid ring.

6. The combination with a spinning-ring, a supporting plate or holder,and an intermediate member or ring between the last two, of a separatemember adapted to rest upon said intermediate member and to engage thelower flange of said spinning-ring on the same plane as said flange.

7. The combination with a spinning-ring, a supporting plate or holder,and an intermediate member or ring between the last two, of a separatemember adapted to rest upon said intermediate member and to engage thelower flange of said spinning-ring on the same plane as said flange, andmeans secured to said intermediate member limiting the outward movementof said separate member and preventing movement about the axis of saidspinning-ring.

8. The combination with a spinning-ring, a supporting plate or holder,and an intermediate member or ring between the last two, of a splitadapter between said intermediate member and a flange of thespinning-ring, said adapter being provided on its inner edge with agroove whereby it directly supports said spinning-ring.

9. The combination with a spinning-ring, a supporting plate or holder,and an intermediate member or ring between the last two provided with anupwardly-extending ilange, of a split adapter adapted to rest onsaidintermediate member and to abut said flange thereof, said adapter beingprovided with a groove on its inner edge whereby it engages the flangeof the spinning-ring.

10. The combination of a spinning-ring, a supporting plate or holder, anintermediate member rovided on its upper edge with an annular ip, and anadapter resting on said IOO intermediate member between said lip and theouter edge of the lower ange ofthe spinning-ring, and directlysupporting said spinning-ring by means of a groove on its inner edgewhich corresponds with the shape of the ring7 said spinning-ring,adapter and intermediate member being held in connection by said lip.

11. The combination of a spinning-ring, a supporting plate or holder, anintermediate member provided on its upper edgejwith an annular lip, anda Z-shaped adapter resting on said intermediate member between the lipand the spinning-ring, and pressed against the outer edge of the lowerflange of the spinning-ring by said lip, whereby it directly supportssaid spinning-ring and rigidly connects talle spinning-ring and theintermediate mem- 12. The combination of a spinning-ring, a supportingplate or holder, a member intermediate of said supporting plate orholder and the spinning-ring7 an adapter between the intermediate memberand the spinningring firmly contacting with both, and a travup from saidadapter from the fiange of the spinning-ring on which the travelermoves.

18. The combination of a spinning-ring, a supporting plate or holder7 amember intermediate of said supporting plate or holder and thespinning-ring, an adapter between the intermediate member and thespinningring and firmly contacting with both, and a traveler-clearerintegral with and extending up from said adapter at a suitable distancefrom the flange ofthe spinning-ring on which the traveler moves.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOEL HAYDEN, JR.

eler-clearer extending at a suitable distance Witnesses:

HENRY W. WILLIAMS, -A. K. HooD.

